Java is a great language but the programming community has matured beyond what Java provides. At the same time, the Java community has a huge collection of mature class libraries. Clojure interoperates with those class libraries in a seamless way, much better than other JVM- based languages I've worked with. At the same time, it is much more expressive than Java. I can describe what I want to do in Clojure more succinctly than in Java without losing flexibility.
I think the biggest initial complaint about Clojure will be "too many parentheses". Once you get used to the Lisp syntax, though, you'll find Clojure is a delight to work with. Bill On Oct 10, 7:32 am, estherschindler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm doing an article for CIO.com on "5 [or whatever] languages that > ought to be on your [IT Manager's] radar," and I'd like to include > Clojure. I'm looking for a short statement on why it's useful, and why > the boss ought to let you use it for enterprise work. Any takers? > > This is meant to be a short-and-sweet article: just its name, URL, a > quick formal definition, and then one or two quotes from developers > about why they think it's valuable. Imagine that you're trying to > convince someone's boss to let you use it. What would you say? > > (This is a follow-up > tohttp://www.cio.com/article/446829/PHP_JavaScript_Ruby_Perl_Python_and... > in case you care. Some folks pointed out that a few "obvious" > languages should have been included. I'm happy to comply.) > > --Esther Schindler > senior online editor, CIO.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
